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Jesus’ Resurrection Compels us to Action
Marie Galetto
Marketing & Grants Program
Manager, CCFSCC
What does Jesus’ Resurrection
mean for us on a day-to-day basis?
What does it mean to bring the joy of
Easter into our everyday lives? What
could that look like? On my search for
answers to these complex questions, I
came across the prayer printed below.
It spoke to me, and I hope that some
of you might also fi nd comfort and
inspiration in thes e words.
Easter Morning Prayer
As the world sings triumphant cries
to heaven over death that You con-
quered, help us, Lord, tomorrow as well,
when the dresses are put away and the
candy is all eaten and on with life we go
let us not forget.
The celebra tion of Your Resurrec-
tion over death is a celebration of life
that should continue well beyond the
sunrise service and the music, rehearsed
for days prior; it is beyond the sign of
spring, beyond the lily, beyond new
lambs grazing in open fi elds.
Resurrection is a daily celebration
over fear; man’s greatest and most
powerful enemy. Fear of tomorrow, fear
of our yesterdays, fear of what shall
become of our young, our old, our un-
born. Resurrection is replacing fear with
physical action.
This alone, the most touching and
profound of Your signs that fear is dead
and belief in You brings, not just hope
but life.
What better living parable could You
have brought? All fear death. All. Even
in the garden, You took on our fear if for
only moments, it was as real as our fears
can be real and You knew then that this
single enemy must be destroyed.
And, You sacrifi ced Your life, leav-
ing those who had been comfort, and
follower; You left them behind, to con-
quer fear.
I shall cling to this now, and the to-
morrows given me.
Peace and Thanksgiving lifted unto
You.
Amen.
The Resurrection gives us hope
and strength. Looking at the world
through “Resurrection eyes,” we can
confront our fears and take action
against them as Jesus did for us. What
do you fear? What action can you
take, big or small, to begin confront-
ing that fear?
Most of us fear death. Logically we
know that one day we will all face it,
and as Catholics we know that death
is not the end. Yet we still fear it. Will
it be painful? Will I be ready? What
will happen to my family? How will
I be remembered?
What can we do today to replace
fear with action?
Our donors tell us that Legacy
Planning can bring comfort to some
of these anxieties. Leaving clear in-
structions about how to distribute
assets after death can greatly reduce
the amount of confusion and fi ght-
ing that too often plague families in
the event of a loved one’s death. We
have our favorite charities which we
support generously through our lives,
yet we don’t always think to include
charity as part of our legacy. Donors
found great joy in leaving large gifts
to charity (a Family Endowment,
for example) as well as small gifts
(a simple percentage in a will or a
payable-upon-death benefi ciary des-
ignation from a bank account).
A gift to charity as part of our
legacy plan is a beautiful gift given
in the Easter spirit – an action that
brings hope and life in the face of
death.
If you would like to remember the
Catholic Church or a Catholic school
or organization in your will, please
contact the Foundation at (408) 995-
5219 or [email protected].
Citation: Catholic Online. (n.d.). Easter
Morning - Prayers. From www.catholic.org/
prayers/prayer.php?p=59.
resurrection
“I am the
and
the
life.
Those who
believe inme,
even though they die,
will live,
and everyone who lives and
believes inme
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